Funded Research 2011

Candian Institutes of Health Research Partnership

DMRF Canada works inpartnership with CIHR, SHOPP program in funding excellent research in Canada. Current Funding:

Fellowships

Dr. Manon Le Bel, Université Laval (Quebec), Fellowship Study of the involvement of relaxing glutamate and expression levels of neurotransmitter transporters in dyskinesia induced by L-DOPA

Dr. Scott D. Ryan, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Fellowship Cytoskeletal linker proteins mediate organelle functioning neurons

Dr. Amanda Smith, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Fellowship, Investigation into the Cause of Myoclonus Dystonia

Dr. Kaviraja Udupa, Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto, Fellowship Prediction of clinical improvement by deep brain stimulation surgery in primary generalized dystonia using clinical, genetics and neurophysiologic measure.

Dr. Akiiro Yugeta, Toronto Western Hospital, Fellowship, Saccade-related beta band activity in local field potentials recorded from human basal gangli

Dr. Bahzad Elahi, Toronto Western Hospital, Fellowship (DMRF Canada) Regulatory effect of intra cortical inhibition on Paired Associative Stimulation (PAS) induced sensory-dependent, motor cortex plasticity.